Did you know that Pampers/J&J baby wipes are 100% plastic?!

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... I had no idea!

Huggies are different, although they have some plastic in them.

Just thought you might like to know!

SHOUTS LOUDER THIS TIME....SEE MY EARLIER POST RE CO OP WIPES

co-op are natural?

huggies wipes are the only ones worth using anyway
all others slip off the poo

biodegradable

couldn't agree more, notanotter. dh bought j&j by mistake and i hate them, plus you end off using twice as many to clean up poo.

Wait! So can you not flush the name brand ones? I've been flushing them. Is this going to come back and haunt me in a horrible horrible way?

oh no, you can't flush them at all. seriously... stop that now.

If you flush normal baby wipes you are asking for blocked drain. Especially if there is a wodge of them.

Flushable toddler wipes are brill but prob not a good idea for babies. Something for you to look forward to.

Do not flush any wipes, biodegradable or not.

We had a blocked drain in our street a while back. The drain clearers said that he mostly finds that blockages are caused by baby wipes.

I like the Co-op wipes but my main beef is that they are not interleaved very well so i find it hard to get them out of the packet! When I can find them I get Nature wipes.

A friend of mine who knows a lot about these things tells me that things that are technically biodegradable (such as moltex nappies, biodegradable wipes etc) do not biodegrade in landfill, because the conditions are wrong. So unless you are composting them, it's completely pointless paying more for biodegradable wipes.

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those flushable toddler wipes are asking for trouble down the loo i fear....

Whist on maternity leave before ds1 born, I lay on the sofa watching am tv. I sat bolt upright as the feature on 'what chemicals are in baby products' as the ingredient in babywipes that keeps them moist in the pack - is antifreeze.
We use washable wipes and packet wipes are only for out and about.
Pampers 'natural' wipes natural? Not a chance, its just as usual their clever marketing. Anyone got a pack that would like to list the ingredients for us?

from the pack of tesco wipes sat next to my computer:

aqua, cetearyl isononanoate, ceteareth alcohol, glyceryl stearate, glycerin, cetearth-12, polysorbate 20, propylene glycol, sodium citrate, citric acid, disodium EDTA, phenoxyethylene, mehtylparaben, propylparaben, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1, 3-diol

bloodly hell, I can't even pronounce most of those, let alone tell you what they are

Funny how everyone is happy to use washable nappies (well a lot of people anyway ) but everyone still uses single use wipes! they don't biodegrade, they contain things that surely should never go near a baby's sensitive skin, and people who use them must go through MILLIONS during their baby's messy stage of life.
I use about 1 pack every 3 months and only if there is no running water, we use toilet paper to get at the worst of poo then a towelling wipe and water to finish off.

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Kandoos small print: for best flushing results no more than 5 wipes per flush.

You have been warned. So if DC is really shitty, you have to waste extra water too.

One of the other brands, rather more responsibly advises you to use loo roll and then one wipe to finish off with. That is a reasonable compromise I think (as somehow I can't quite bring myself to make DD get the little bits of loo roll off with a flannel.
[why does loo roll work on adult derriere but disintigrate on child?]

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Egads! It does actually say on the packet not to flush them. Note to self: read the label.

Roskva, those ingredients are pretty standard skincare ingredients - they are emollients and humectants. There are also very minor ingredients are mostly preservatives.

good question. I use washable wipes mostly, but my dh won't (he won't use my lovely washable nappies, either, not that he changes dd much)

Have you tried the EFB wipes? They contain natural organic chamomile & calendula and are totally biodegradable.

www.ethicalbabe.com/shopp130393657

i think we just have exceptionally dodgy plumbing pruni.

My midwife got cross when she saw babywipes and said never to use them on a newborn as the chemicals in them were similar to anti-freeze.

waitrose fragrance free wipes are biodegradable. Only if you put them in biodegradable rubbish sacks tho, obviously.